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NASA sends human sperm to space to see if astronauts can conceive in space
Carried on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sperm will be used for experiments to see how space, low gravity affect male sex cells.
Buzz Aldrin confirms encounter with alien life
Apollo 11 astronaut 'passes lie detector test after recalling encounter with alien life' during historic 1969 mission to the moon.
Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station
It was launched on February 13 from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move
Astronaut Jeanette Epps would have been the first African-American to live on the International Space Station.
NASA: John Young, the legendary Space Shuttle astronaut dies at 87
NASA called Young as the only agency astronaut, the first to fly into space six times.
NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80
He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.
US, Russian, Japanese crew blasts off for space station
Onboard cameras showed crew members making thumbs-up gestures after the blast-off.
First black astronaut honored on 50th anniversary of death
He had a great future ahead of him if he had not been lost 50 years ago.
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Space travellers are relaxing in Kazakhstan
All three returning space travellers are out of their capsule and relaxing in chairs on the steppes of Kazakhstan.